Welcome to Zomb's Lair!

This is an installer package for the game Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy (1998) which will allow it to be played on modern versions of Windows, with easy to use desktop and/or start menu shortcuts and an uninstall option for quick removal. The manual is also included. It uses PCem running Windows 98.

Controller support is included via Antimicro (can be disabled via the launcher). The controls are listed below (based on a 360/XB1 controller):

Left Stick / Right Stick / D-pad = move mouse cursor
RT / LB = Left-click
LT / RB = Right-click
A = Enter
Start = Esc
R3 (right stick click) = Y (for when prompted Y/N to quit)
L3 (left stick click) = N (for when prompted Y/N to quit)

ASuite is a lightweight, open-source, portable launcher which is included to allow you to choose some configuration options for PCem, enable or disable things like Antimicro and Reshade, as well as access to the manual and this readme.

Please note:

I do not recommend installing into your Program Files folder. This can cause write access problems when you need to save your game. C:\Games\Zomb's Lair\Nightlong is the default path, but anywhere other than Program Files/Program Files (x86) is fine.

At certain points during gameplay you'll be prompted to change discs. The game is setup in such a way that no disc swapping is actually necessary, however. When prompted to change discs simply press enter and the game will continue.

When you're ready to quit the game, exit the game normally, then shut down the computer via the start menu.

Reshade is also included (disabled by default) which also includes a few of my own custom presets as well as a custom (optional) bezel. Be aware that these will increase hardware requirements. It can be enabled through the Launcher and you can choose from a number of presets there as well. Pressing the End key in-game will toggle the effect on and off.

I've included some shader options for PCem, accessible from the Launcher. These can be combined with reshade. Screenshots for the Reshade presets and PCem shaders are accessible via the “Shader and Reshade Preset Comparison” shortcut in the Launcher.

A final note: I've also included the disc images here for preservation's sake. They aren't needed to play the game so they're not included with the files that are installed with the package, but I felt that I should include them here as a sortof extra for safekeeping.

Zomb's Lair is a passion project dedicated to bringing old classics to a modern audience, while eliminating all of the hurdles that that normally entails.

More info below:

Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
PCem
Antimicro
Reshade
ASuite
Installforge
Zomb’s Lair Website
Zomb’s Lair Archive

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